Teachers’ perception on Education and the Support of Digital resources to Facilitate Teaching/ Learning in Pakistani Schools

Abstract

The present study tries to find out the teachers’ perception on education and how digital resources helped to continue teaching/learning process in Pakistani schools during pandemic, what challenges and issues were faced by the teachers during online classes. The qualitative data were collected through informal conversational interviews with three teachers 2 from public schools and 1 from private school. The teachers taught through different online resources. The interviews were coded, thematically analyzed and uncovered important aspects of teachers’ point of views. The findings were analyzed using interpretative method. The study unfolded the teachers’ online experiences, parents’ involvement and understanding of the students after reopening of the schools. The study revealed that the teachers who had little exposure to online courses felt great problems in teaching online as they were not put to any training before conducting online teaching. They also complained of low motivational level of the students. The study findings presented thematic analysis with sub themes followed by recommendations.